BACKGROUND AND AIMS Rhododendron (Ericaceae) is a large woody genus in which hybridization is thought to play an important role in evolution and speciation, particularly in the Sino-Himalaya region where many interfertile species often occur sympatrically. Rhododendron agastum, a putative hybrid species, occurs in China, western Yunnan Province, in mixed populations with R. irroratum and R. del...

Distribution patterns of 8411 compounds from 240 Chinese herbs were analyzed in relation to the herbal categories of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), using Random Forest (RF) and self-organizing maps (SOM). RF was used first to construct TCM profiles of individual compounds, which describe their affinities for 28 major herbal categories, while simultaneously minimizing the level of noise ass...

Turmeric (Curcuma longa) is a perennial herb, belonging to family Zingiberaceae. The rhizomes and leaves of turmeric were extracted separately with ethanol by Soxhlet extraction and the percentage yield of rhizomes and leaves of Turmeric was 12% and 17% yield respectively. The extract of turmeric rhizomes and leaves can increase the bile flow, offer protection of the gall bladder and also the l...

The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of light quality on the morphological traits, leaf anatomical characteristics, antioxidant enzyme (superoxide dismutase, catalase, and peroxidase) activities, photosynthetic pigments content, and bioactive compounds (phenols, flavonoids, and polysaccharides) content in Anoectochilus roxburghii. Plants of A. roxburghii were grown under light f...

Various medications are available to treat stress and depression, but there is a growing interest in plant-based drugs due their effectiveness minimal side effects. As result, researchers conducted study evaluate the adaptogenic antidepressant effects of extracts from Rhododendron arboreum flowers using different animal models. The activity was tested mice rats anoxia swimming endurance stress-...

Rhododendron liliiflorum H. Lév., with white outer edges and yellow inner of petals, is an ornamental flower that originated in China. In this study, we analysed the (W) (Y) parts R. flowers by RNA sequencing. Then, unigene assembly, annotation, classification Eukaryotic Orthologous Groups (KOGs) were performed. Gene ontology (GO) pathway enrichment analysis for unigenes also conducted. A total...